kogi state Archives — Page 15 of 21 — National Accord Newspaper

Rainstorm destroys 15 houses, farmlands in Kogi community

Nigerian News

Rainstorm destroys 15 houses, farmlands in Kogi community

Bode September 29, 2023

No fewer than 15 houses and several farmlands were reportedly destroyed by rainstorm that wrecked havoc in Iyah Gbedde community in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident, which occurred between Tuesday and Thursday, also left the community...

Nigerian News

20 dead, 36 injured in auto-crashes in Kogi – FRSC

Bode September 14, 2023

Twenty persons died and 36 injured in separate auto crashes involving Toyota Hiace buses in two weeks in Kogi, an official has disclosed. Corps Commander Samuel Oyedeji, Kogi Sector Commander, FRSC, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Thursday that the fatalities were from three...

POLITICS

Vote APC’s Ododo for posterity, Yahaya Bello begs Kogi people

Bode August 28, 2023

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has tasked residents of the state to vote for Alhaji Usman Ododo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Nov. 11 governorship election. Governor Bello said this on Sunday in a radio and television broadcast to celebration the 32nd anniversary of the creation...

POLITICS

APC saga:Yahaya Bello hasn’t conceded NWC positions – Chairman

Bode August 26, 2023

Chairman, Kogi All Progressive Congress (APC) Alh. Abdullahi Bello, has denied reports that Gov. Yahaya Bello has conceded the positions of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) on appointments of some national officers. Bello, who made the rebuttal in a statement in Lokoja on Friday said: “It’s falsehood...

Kogi APC rejects imposition of national, zonal officers

Bode August 24, 2023

The Kogi Chapter of the APC has rejected the choice of persons by the Party’s National Working Committee (NWC) as replacements for the former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party and the former Zonal Organising Secretary, who resigned recently. The State APC Chairman, Abdullahi Bello in a...

Security News

Ignore false alarm on insecurity – Kogi Govt urges citizens, travellers

Bode August 23, 2023

Kogi State Government has urged citizens and travellers to ignore false alarm on insecurity circulating that the state is not safe. Retired Commodore Jerry Omodara, Security Adviser (SA) to Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, made the call while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja....

Nigerian News

Bello sues for calm over mining dispute in Kogi

Bode August 12, 2023

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Friday called for calm and understanding among stakeholders in Okobo-Enjema Community in Akpa Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the community got embroiled in crisis with a mining company in the area, Eta-Zuma...

Nigerian News

Impending strike: AIG urges Kogi workers to be peaceful

Bode August 2, 2023

Following the impending nationwide strike on Wednesday, Babatunde Ishola, Assistant Inspector-General of Police, in charge of Zone 8, has appealed to Kogi workers to be peaceful in their protest. The AIG made the appeal during a meeting with Labour Leaders in Lokoja on Tuesday. Ishola explained that...

Nigerian News

Ukomu Igala Organisation seeks creation of Okura state

Bode July 30, 2023

The Ukomu Igala Organisation (UIO), a socio-cultural group on Saturday urged President Bola Tinubu to consider the creation of Okura state from Kogi state, for the advancement of Igala people of the state. Its National Leader, David Abutu, made the call during the inauguration of the newly-elected UIO...

Hoodlums set ablaze SDP gov candidate’s campaign office in Lokoja

Bode July 24, 2023

Suspected hoodlums have reportedly set ablaze the Campaign Office of Murtala Yakubu-Ajaka, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Governorship Candidate in the forthcoming election in Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the office, which is located on John Holt road, near Paparanda Square, Lokoja, was gutted...

Crime News

NDLEA intercepts 48,380 pills of tramadol in Kogi

Bode July 23, 2023

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has intercepted 48,380 pills of tramadol along Ewohimi road, heading toward Kabba in Kogi. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Sunday by the agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi. Babafemi stated that the consignment were...

Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara

Education

Balancing university licence with academic excellence By FUNMILAYO ADEYEMI

Bode July 15, 2023

The appetite for university education has increased the need for more universities to be established in the country. Establishing more universities come with its own challenges. For instance, Kogi government recently got the clear to open one more university in Kabba. When fully operational, that would make it the...

Nigerian News

Kogi Govt. condemns vandalism of SDP campaign office

Bode July 10, 2023

The Kogi Government has condemned the alleged vandalism of the state campaign office of Social Democratic Party (SDP) by hoodlums on Sunday morning. Mr Kingsley Fanwo, the state’s Commissioner for Information, who made the condemnation in a statement in Lokoja on Sunday, called on security operatives to fish out...

Truck crushes 2 persons to death in Kogi

Nigerian News

Truck crushes 2 persons to death in Kogi

Bode June 26, 2023

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of two persons after a MAN Diesel truck crushed a tricycle in a headon collision in Kogi. Corps Commander Stephen Dawulung, Kogi FRSC Sector Commander, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Koton...

How security agents killed notorious gang leader, Kabir Bala in Kogi

Bode June 23, 2023

Security operatives on Thursday neutralized a notorious gang leader, Kabir Bala during a gun duel with his gang members in Ofu Local Government Area of Troops we The deceased was said to be involved in many crimes, including the burning to death of a PDP woman leader in her...

Nigerian News

Millionaires emerge in Yahaya Bello’s maiden Essay Competition

Bode June 21, 2023

Two journalists in Kogi have emerged millionaires at the maiden edition of the Gov. Yahaya Bello (GYB) Essay Competition for journalists in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Emmanuel Adeyemi of The Sun Newspaper, emerged overall winner with a price of N2 million, while Richard...

Gunmen kidnap Oba, wife in Kogi

Gunmen kidnap Oba, wife in Kogi

Bode June 20, 2023

Gunmen on Monday kidnapped the Oba of Idofin and his Wife in Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the traditional ruler, Shedrack Durojaye Obibeni, and wife were said to be kidnapped along Makutu-Idofin road at about 5 p.m. Mr Abdulrasak...

Health News

NMA decries shortage of doctors in Kogi, poor welfare package

Bode June 17, 2023

The Kogi chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), has decried the shortage of qualified medical doctors in secondary and tertiary health institutions and poor welfare package for doctors in the state. The association also decried the delay in the payment of monthly salaries of doctors of the state’s...

POLITICS

Kogi Governorship: Igala nation petitions Tinubu, DSS, IGP over ‘political terrorism’

Bode June 12, 2023

Following repeated violence against political actors and the media in Kogi State in the march to the 2023 governorship election, Ukomu Igala Organization, a socio-political group in Kogi East Senatorial District, has written a petition to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to call Governor Yahaya Bello to order and halt...

Education

Yahaya Bello inaugurates committee for establishment of another university in Kogi

Bode June 8, 2023

Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has inaugurated a committee for the establishment of a state-owned university in Okunland in the western senatorial district of the state. In his remarks after inaugurating the committee on Wednesday at the government house Lokoja, the governor urged the committee to submit its preliminary...